Seaweed offers a wide range of interesting bioactives. With over 10,000 species globally, it
is of great interest to be able to extract these compounds. Hence, seaweed fractionation into …

Phlorotannins are a type of natural active substance extracted from brown algae, which
belong to a type of important plant polyphenol. Phloroglucinol is the basic unit in its …

Background Seaweeds are a large and diverse group of photosynthetic macro-algae found
across the world's oceans. There is a growing recognition that they are important sources of …

Natural phenolic compounds are important classes of plant, microorganism, and algal
secondary metabolites. They have well-documented beneficial biological activities. The …

The current interest of the scientific community for the exploitation of high-value compounds
from macroalgae is related to the increasing knowledge of their biological activities and …

Hypertension and obesity are two significant factors that contribute to the onset and
exacerbation of a cascade of mechanisms including activation of the sympathetic and renin …

Seaweeds have great potential as raw material for protein-based functional ingredients due
to their high protein content; however, their complex polysaccharide matrix could hinder …

Food protein-derived hydrolysates with multi-bioactivities such as antihypertensive and
antioxidant properties have recently received special attention since both activities can play …

Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides from brown seaweeds with a variety of biological
properties, which are dependent on both their composition and structure, and are …

Seaweeds are potentially excellent sources of bioactive metabolites that could represent
useful leads in the development of new functional ingredients in pharmaceutical and …